Ascential PLC Result of AGM (8264X)
May 06 2021 - 9:30AM
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RNS Number : 8264X
Ascential PLC
06 May 2021
Ascential plc
Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
All 22 resolutions considered at the 2021 Annual General Meeting
were passed on a poll.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of
AGM dated 1 April 2021. The total number of votes received for each
resolutions is set out below. The Company's issued share capital as
at 6 May 2021 was 402,929,204 with voting rights. The Company does
not hold any shares in Treasury at the date of this disclosure.
Resolution no. Shares For % Shares % Shares marked
Against as Votes
Withheld/
Abstentions
AGM
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1. To receive the Annual
Report and Accounts
for the year ended 31
December 2020 375,993,599 99.73 1,026,924 0.27 2,658,470
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2. Resolution withdrawn n/a n/a n/a
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3. To approve the Annual
Report on Remuneration
contained in the Annual
report and Accounts 359,267,886 95.39 17,373,098 4.61 3,038,009
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4. Resolution withdrawn n/a n/a n/a
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5. To elect Rita Clifton
as a Director of the
Company 374,317,475 98.59 5,361,518 1.41 0
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6. To elect Scott Forbes
as a Director of the
Company 375,488,082 99.52 1,802,901 0.48 2,388,010
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7. To elect Mandy Gradden
as a Director of the
Company 379,678,993 100.00 0 0 0
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8. To elect Paul Harrison
as a Director of the
Company 379,678,993 100.00 0 0 0
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9. To elect Gillian
Kent as a Director of
the Company 322,690,504 85.04 56,758,474 14.96 230,015
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10. To elect Duncan
Painter as a Director
of the Company 379,676,766 100.00 2,227 0.00 0
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11. To elect Judy Vezmar
as a Director of the
Company 347,244,738 91.46 32,434,255 8.54 0
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12. To elect Suzanne
Baxter as a Director
of the Company 379,678,993 100.00 0 0 0
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13. To elect Joanne
Harris as a Director
of the Company 379,678,993 100.00 0 0 0
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14. To elect Funke Ighodaro
as a Director of the
Company 378,409,892 99.67 1,269,101 0.33 0
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15. To elect Charles
Song as a Director of
the Company 379,656,614 99.99 22,379 0.01 0
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16. To re-appoint KPMG
LLP as auditor of the
Company 373,830,220 98.46 5,848,773 1.54 0
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17. To authorise the
Board to determine the
remuneration of the
auditor 377,245,154 99.36 2,433,839 0.64 0
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18. To authorise the
Company to make political
donations 344,310,102 90.68 35,368,891 9.32 0
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19. To authorise the
Company to allot relevant
securities 362,316,563 95.43 17,362,430 4.57 0
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20. To authorise the
Company to disapply
pre-emption rights as
per resolution 20 in
the Notice of AGM 379,678,993 100.00 0 0.00 0
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21. To authorise the
Company to additionally
disapply pre-emption
rights as per resolution
21 in the Notice of
AGM 372,143,701 98.02 7,535,292 1.98 0
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22. To authorise the
Company to purchase
its own shares 376,262,169 99.13 3,284,459 0.87 132,365
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23. To authorise the
Company to call any
general meeting of the
Company other than an
AGM) on not less than
14 clear days' notice 366,285,896 96.47 13,393,097 3.53 0
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24. To approve amended
Articles of Association 379,678,993 100.00 0 0.00 0
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Notes
1. AGM Resolutions 1, 3 and 5-19 were passed as ordinary
resolutions. Resolutions 20 to 24 were passed as special
resolutions.
2. Resolution 2 pertaining to the Directors' Remuneration Policy
and Resolution 4 pertaining to the proposed Ten-Year Equity Plan
received a majority of shareholder support ahead of the meeting but
not to a level that satisfied the Board. As a consequence, the
Board elected to withdraw the resolutions and continue to operate
under the remuneration policy approved by shareholders in 2020.
3. The number of shares 'For' includes discretionary votes.
4. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against a
resolution
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